October 2018 Babies

35 years old - what to look out for?

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mamakaterose wrote:

Do I need to do anything differently? I don’t think I had anything to worry about, I’m healthy and had a successful pregnancy 5 years ago. But I noticed getting prenatal vitamins that there was one for 35+ years. Just found out 2 days ago so haven’t been to the doctor yet. TIA!

Welcome to being Advanced Maternal Age 😄 I’m 35 too and there are some differences though being 35 barely puts us at extra risk. Chance of miscarriage is slightly higher, chance of chromosomal abnormalities are higher (because of our “older” eggs), gestational diabetes risk is higher, and probably some other things I’m not thinking of right now. My midwife call is a “mature” pregnancy which makes me feel a bit better, haha. Because of our age insurance is more likely to cover additional genetic screenings so keep that in mind. Overall, unless there are other issues other than your age should be a normal pregnancy. There are a couple of 35+ groups on this app too.

Congrats! & welcome to geriatric pregnancy! The medical world is SO sensitive There are tons of us out there, actually more the norm now that women are delaying pregnancy in favor of advancing their careers. If you haven't had complications in the past there are many differences minus the ones a pp mentioned

My midwife is awesome. She acts like it's not a huge deal and always talks about healthy babies born to women in their 40s. We don't do anything different for our bodies, there's just certain risks that get higher with age.

35 as well ^^ woot woot^^ - got pregnant for the first time in 3 months . My family doctor hasn’t made me feel old or anything at all. The only thing we are concerned about is my spotting . I keep spotting for no reason . But she’s on it . I have had ultra sounds since 4.5 weeks and bloodwork every week. ( they are becoming my bff’s at the labs)

But no one has mentioned to me about extra tests or anything yet . Does anyone know what week they do that?

Nurse told me at the hospital that half of their patients are in they 40 and oldest is 49 so it make me feel less old since i just turned 37. Age wise there is nothing different besides getting more options for genetic screenings.

I was 35 with my first and 38 now. As someone mentioned, insurance covered genetic tests and higher risk on charts is the only difference. My Dr doesn't bat an eye either. Although I'm going to ask for more pp medical support after this pregnancy - test thyroid, diastasis recti, gallbladder etc like most physical things the older you are the tougher it can be to recover

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